I've talked to you all about my divorce previously (15 years, wife decided she wanted to leave as soon as she graduated and got her degree after I supported her and worked multiple jobs).
She's officially moving out in two weeks. Then, my lease ends in just five weeks.
Landlord already told me they're going to be selling the home and also raising rent nearly 40% if I wanted to stay. Can't afford it. Have no where to go.
Going to transition to being a 'nomad', selling the remaining few things I own, and just bouncing from airbnb to airbnb along with camping. I figured this would be a good opportunity for me to get out, travel, visit national parks, kayak, camp, fish, see the US and get my mind off everything. It's not stable. But I can't find anything. Everywhere requires "3x income" or some ridiculous score that I don't have.
Anyway. Not sure why I'm posting this here. Guess I just wanted to share with you all since I never did give any updates from my previous posts about "what should I do?"
So, really, for me, the storm is here. And the "build back better" now makes so much sense in my personal life. Weird that now I now have to suddenly build my life back. I've completely lost my identity.
No clue where this road is going to take me. But it's either 'get busy living or get busy dying.'
Say a few prayers for me. God has been good to me recently and has gotten me into the 'acceptance' phase of all this.
Edit: By the way, if anyone wants to give me a follow over on X, I'll be documenting all of my journeys. Hoping to one day get some camera gear and a drone and film everything. Might make some personal podcasts and documenting my testimony. Maybe it'll help someone in the future. https://twitter.com/@thinktankfranks
Half that stuff is wants versus needs. Get on the road and figure it out. As I posted above, consider a van at some point, much easier for stealth and privacy. Army surplus - goodwill and the sort will have great deals on things like blankets and sleeping bags. You can get an inverter to run with your car to power your laptop and charge it up for sub $50.00 on ebay. Save your money in an emergency fund for hotels and repairs etc. China freight (harbor freight) has a solar panel kit that is fairly cheap and highly rated. Cooking gear, you should be able to get a propane burner for around $30 - pots pans - go to goodwill. Propane 1lb bottles add up, you can get an adapter from amazon to refill those and their is videos on this as well. As far as the sleeping bag, I cannot recommend enough to look at a mil spec modular system, with divy. You also need and I cannot recommend this enough, is a woobie (mil poncho liner) for those who know, you know. The Marine one has a zipper, They're light weight and will provide a ton of comfort, some know these as a "Ranger Roll" too.